Trying to officially start the Do It Your SELFies Costume Photo studio is so much fun!

Really. And for true.

Actually no. I'm tearing my hair out and stressing BIG TIME.

One reason is that my mom texted me yesterday (that would be mom of "Dad's Tighty-Whiteys Steal the Show" fame) I had the dates wrong in the newsletter I sent out to like a billion people, and media outlets.

Media. Outlets.

Sigh. Thing is...before I sent it out I checked and rechecked (well, in my head anyway). But, I"m sure that media people, just like you, are smart and can figure out what date I mean, and cut me some slack because by the time I was checking and rechecking, my brain was mush from sitting in front of the computer screen for hours.

And you wouldn't BELIEVE the stuff I have! Mein Gott I have soooo much STUFF and costumes and SHOES...GOD..THE SHOES....

My main stress is, I suppose, the fear that I'll try to do all this promotion and no one will show up. You know, kinda like when you were little and you were afraid no one was going to show up to your birthday party? Or..ahem...was that just me? Seriously, I was always afraid of that.

Anyhooters, now I'm opening a really cool fun new business at my studio and I'm afraid no one will show up. This brings to mind, of course, our Good Friend Pope Pius II who threw and entire CRUSADE and no one showed up. And I thought no one showing up at my birthday parties would have been terrifyingly humiliating. But I digress...there I go with popes again (being the church scholar that I am. Really, I am. Published and all. Even given tours in St. Peter's Basilica and Papal Rome, but again, I digress).

So other than that fear, I'm trying to figure out how this will run smoothly as far as people checking in and out, where they put their clothes, where all the costumes are hung up so I can see the entire studio (lest some asshole decides they're going to try to flip upside-down on a pole), where can I put all the shoes, but how can I do this so I can break it down asap and put the costume room back together quickly for the parties that we do at the studio....

Don't get me wrong, owning your own business IS fun and rewarding, but sometimes it can just be SOOO overwhelming.

Well, on that note, I'm going to go eat some dark chocolate covered expresso beans. They're very tasty. And energizing. And they're "dark chocolate" which means they're completely healthy. And I got them at Trader Joe's, which means they're EXTRA healthy.

Think of the FUN you can have creating your own Christmas Cards, 2016 Calendars, Boudoir Christmas Books, Personal Inspiration Photos, and more!

Actually what would be REALLY cool, if I can get 12 or so Biblical-type costumes, is to have your friends and/or family come in and do like a Last Supper Reenactment (you know, all looking in different directions, whispering to each other, striking dramatic "Last Supper" poses).

Or any Renaissance (yes I can spell that word off the top of my head, thanks to my Masters Degree in Medieval History, which we all know is useful in the real world) or or Baroque dramatic work of art. The more serious you play it, the funnier it is. It's alll about the DRAMA people...all about the Drama!

Actually my mom and Dad (aka Joannie Arizonee and Desert Dad) are visiting from Arizona for Thanksgiving, so I've already roped them into being my models for the 2016 Reardon Family Calendar entitled, "The History of the World According to Mom and Dad".

And I shall dress them both up in costumes ranging from Neanderthal to Egyptian to Roman to Medieval to Victorian to 1920s Gangsters to 1950s pinup all the way through to FUTURISTIC, when I will make my dad wear this HIDEOUS silver foil jacket and matching pants. I'm not kidding. I'm going to do it. Teeheee...poor dad! He's such a sport!

Will be posting examples with the 14+ photo backgrounds that I just got in so you can see how versatile and CREATIVE we can be at the studio with all my ten zillion costumes you can wear too. Okay, well not ten ZILLION, but literally over 1000.

However when you have to drag half of them to the laundromat each Monday to clean them after the weekend Bachelorette, Birthday Parties, and Girls Nights Out we have, it feels like ten ZILLION.

Ten. F'n. Zillion.

Tootles!

Wendy

PS-check the Facebook page for more pix. Tried to copy and paste here, but it's not working for some reason so I'm going to have some tea. 'Course if I knew what the silly Facebook page 'address' is, that would help, but it's Gypsy Rose Dancing on Facebook. Look it up...I'm sure you can find it. You're smart like that.

Okay, so I haven't ranted in a while.
Well, yes I have, I just haven't posted it.
Anyhooters, all those crazy college kids are back in Allston...cute little buggers that they are. Ahhhh to be 22 again, excited about life, ready to take on the world, lofty ambitions, freedom from parents, yet still protected from the horrors of the Real World such as jobs, bills, the IRS, etc...
Not that I'm a bitter old single 44-year old woman stressing out because I'm running a business by myself, of course. Noooo...not me....
Are you kiddin??? I wouldn't be under 40 again if you paid me! Soooo happy to be where I am now-when you stop caring what other people think, don't take crap from anyone, know that the most important ambition in Life is to help others and make them feel good (sappy, but true), and the best part of being over 40--letting my own personality shine through without apologies.
Really, and for true.
Plus I'm physically in better shape than I've EVER been (thank you Rebounding Boots and Pole Dancing).
Plus the whole Mediumship thing is really cool too. Started about 6 years ago-I never tried to be a medium, it just started happening. It's EXTREMELY humbling because Someone (God, Yahweh, Allah, Zeus, Anubis, etc) thought I was worthy enough to let Spirits who have passed communicate through me, a former stripper, church scholar, and general commoner.
I've done THOUSANDS of readings over the years, and the accuracy astonishes me. I do readings at the parties at my studio, and for students who have joined a weekly class or bought a package. I just offer to see if anyone is coming thru, and someone always has a message for someone.
I do that seperately too-$50 for about an hour, by phone or in studio, so if you want a reading shoot me an email at Info@gypsyrosedancing.com and we'll set something up.
I really have to start documenting and posting the readings I do (minus names of course, to protect the innocent). If you check out my personal Facebook page I usually post them on there, but really must update the website too.
Well, must go. Emails to be answered. Tootles!
Wendy

Well I mean I've certainly ranted since I last posted here, I just didn't post them, good Christian Woman that I am. Teeheee....

Anyhooters, spring is here, which is lovely and makes ya want to get out of the house and enjoy the day, right? (So you think now i'm going to tell you how great it will be to get out and take classes at Gypsy Rose. Well yeah, I'll get to that part, that's kind of a given, but I'd like to say other stuff first.)

I find myself in the sprintime perusing those evil, spawns-of-satan dating websites. One always feels so optomistic in the springtime, doesn't one?

I've got profiles on most of them, but they're never up because no matter how many times I say I'm looking for a guy between 43 and 48, I always get the 73-78 year olds who message me. Then I feel bad when I don't answer them back.

Ever read your competition on those things? Like ever say you're a guy searching for a girl just to see what you're competing with? I've done that a lot, and every time I do I can't help but pray that if I get killed by accident my family doesn't go through my browsing history on dating sites and see that I've looked for girls. That would be awkward. But I'd be dead anyway, so I spose it wouldn't matter, now would it?

I mention this because ALL the profiles look the same. All the women (and men, I may add), write that their family and friends say that they're sweet, nice, funny, caring, and a great person. Oh, but they can't live without sarcasm! (That should be a drinking game. You take a drink whenver you read "I can't live without sarcasm" or "I'm very sarcastic" in a profile. You'd be drunk in ten minutes.).

Everyone also seems to enjoy long walks on the beach, dinner, dancing, and movies. Barf.

BARF, I say!

Actually my headline on one of my profiles is "Enjoys Long Walks Off Short Piers" ('cause I JUST don't care anymore). How boring everyone seems to be. Not that I'm the stallar example of a roaring good time, but I think it's more fun to go food shoping on a first date, 'cause then you can REALLY freak out the other person and put the WEIRDEST stuff in your basket, you know, like Gefelta fish, or whatever those fish in jars are called, anything from Goya, or better yet....just fill your cart with raw meat. Like all thw way to overflowing with nothing but raw meat, and see how your 'datee' reacts.

Teehee...just thougtht of that one. Will have to try it out.

Well on that note, I've got tons to doooooooooo (like literally TONS of studio costumes I have to take to the laundrymat) so I shall leave you with the thought of a shopping cart full of raw meat on a first date.

See ya!

Oh Yeah....and come by and take classes. Especially the Rebounding Fitness classes, early in the morning, on your lunchbreak, or after work. That's a realllly fun workout, only 1/2 hour, and if you take the mass pike westbound home, you can stop here, take that class or any other, and miss the traffic entirely.

Did you know that if you leave apples out in your truck cuz you're too lazy to bring them in adn they freeze, that they get these weird bumps on their skin? Really, they do. But then if you bring them to work with you and let them thaw on your desk for a bit while you're teaching (or napping, as the case was today), and if Mr. Mouse who lives in your studio hasn't taken a nibble, then the skin goes back to normal and you can eat it like you actually brought them into the house three days ago like you should have.

Just sayin'.

Wellll, put up new classssses...yadda yadda. Again if you want individual classes just EMAIL ME, 'cause I don't normally put them in the calender because I don't know when people want them.

What else...still haven't finished putting up costume pix and organizing them. There's just SO MANY! What I need to do is order Breaking Bad again on the tv and do it while watching that. Good show. 'cept my silly roommate got all pissy that I ordered the first season through the tv. *rolls eyes*.

Speaking of eyes....I figured out that if I'm dehydrated and not drinking enough water my eyes feel overstrained. Soooo...because I'm sooo cool...instead of just drinking more water, I found the "orange flavored" salt hydration packets they gave us when my parents and I went to Egypt. In 2010.

They still work though. Taste like ass, but still work. (and NO, I've never tasted ass,it's an expression you freaks!)

Okay, off now.

Tootles!

Oh, and I've got five ADORABLE hairless rat babies that were born 12/26/14 if anyone wants a few--BUT NO FEEDERS!!

My sister Beth, neighbor Lauren Barnes, and Me in MY snow fort after the Blizzard of '78. I emphasize MY snow fort because I FOUND IT FIRST!! Beth's snow fort sucked, so she threw me out of mine and claimed it as her own. I, being younger and not as strong as Beth, was forced to abdicate.

BUT I STILL SAY THAT WAS MY SNOW FORT!!!

Obviously there are no classes at Gypsy Rose tonight or Tomorrow (tuesday, 1/27), but my eyeballs hurt too much right now to keep looking at the computer and updating when the new sessions will start, so, you are all smart women, so just figure the classes/sessions starting Today, Tomorrow, and possibly Wednesday will start a week later.

Man, it sucks gettin' old! My eyeballs are KILLING me! I don't wear glasses but now I think I have to get some. Oh No! What if people call me "Four Eyes"??!!!

Ha just kiddin. I'll get some with a gamma-melter-laser-ray so I can incinerate those rogues instantly, leaving nothing but their purses upon the ground. Then I will go through said purses, take what I want, and then spit.

That'll show them to make fun of ME and my Glasses!

Okay, can't look at screen anymore. Tootles! Oh, and trying to put up and organize like a BILLION more costumes/props for the Costume Bar. And then have ANOTHER BILLION to go. Seriously, you all have NO IDEA how many costumes I have. It's actually pretty cool and makes ME want to do a Costume Bar photo shoot!

Man, trying to get this costume catalog onine is CRAZY! So much stuff, catalog software is SOOO expensive, and taking pix and writing descriptions, etc about each costume piece, is, well, driving me batty. BATTY, I SAY!

Anyhooters, I know it looks like we're not offering classes on many weeknights, but we ARE. The weekly class sessions, once they start, don't show up on the calender but the time slot is taken. And we're busier than EVER for classes this season already! Have had to wait-list a few sessions too.

So again, if there's a class or Weekly Clsss Session you want that's not listed when you can do it, EMAIL US with three dates/times you'd like and we'll try to get you in for your first choice.

And now....Valentine's Day is coming and so we at Gypsy Rose celebrate it for those who have significant others in the form of Valentine's Day Champagne Room Class (private couple's Lap Dancing Class), and those of us who are single and bitter and wish a bit huge cyst zit grows on every obnoxious woman who just HAS to show you what her boyfriend/husband got her for Valentine's Day and all about their Romantic Weekend Away, even tho you did NOT ask, and you DON'T care, because you are single and wish you had someone to spend this most sickening holiday with.

Gee, SOMEBODY'S not single and bitter at 44 years old...teeheee!

So once again Gypsy Rose offers a class for the Rest of Us:

The Single and Bitter Valentine's Day Class!

(and you get chocolates and flowers too!).

So if you're single, make YOURSELF happy this VD and join a Single and Bitter Class (check the schedule and sign right up online).